Yeats, Coleridge and the Romantic Sage

Download or read book Yeats, Coleridge and the Romantic Sage written by M. Gibson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-07-05 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work explores an aspect of Yeats's writing largely ignored until now: namely, his wide-ranging absorption in S.T. Coleridge. Gibson explores the consistent and densely woven allusions to Coleridge in Yeats's prose and poetry, often in conjunction with other Romantic figures, arguing that the earlier poet provided him with both a model of philosopher - 'the sage' - and an interpretation of metaphysical ideas which were to have a resounding effect on his later poetry, and upon his rewriting of A Vision.